Normani, Dylan O'brien, Justice Smith & more to receive Variety's Breakthrough Award
Dylan O’Brien, Normani, Justice Smith, Maddie Ziegler and Jane Schoenbrun will receive the Breakthrough Award at the Variety & The Golden Globe Awards Breakthrough Artists Party during Sundance 2024. pic.twitter.com/2OuPOUdyw3
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) January 11, 2024
Variety's "Breakthrough" award "highlights the next generation of exceptional talents in front of the camera." at their Sundance Film Festival Party.
Normani stars with Pedro Pascal and the late Angus Cloud in Freaky Tales - A mysterious force guides The Town's underdogs in four interconnected tales: Teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.
Dylan O'Brien stars with Victoria Pedretti, and Indya Moore in Ponyboi - Unfolding over the course of Valentine's Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
Justice Smith stars with David Alan Grier in The American Society of Magical Negroes - A young man gets recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to making white people's lives easier.
THESE AWARDS ARE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR PERFORMANCES IN THE MOVIE ROLES ABOVE THAT ARE DEBUTING AT SUNDANCE NEXT WEEK.
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